"Tracy Beaker Returns Tracy Beaker Returns was a British television programme. Based upon the novels by Jacqueline Wilson, it is the spin-off series to ""The Story of Tracy Beaker"". The series stars Dani Harmer as protagonist Tracy Beaker. The third and final series ended on 23 March 2012. A spin-off entitled ""The Dumping Ground"" started airing on 4 January 2013. When author Tracy Beaker is arrested for using her foster mother, Cam's credit card to publish her autobiography, Tracy seeks refuge at the Elm Tree House, a care home nicknamed ""The Dumping Ground"" where she used to live as a"
"The Story of Tracy Beaker The Story of Tracy Beaker is a British children's book first published in 1991, written by Jacqueline Wilson and illustrated by Nick Sharratt. The book is told from the point of view of Tracy Beaker, a troubled ten-year-old girl. The reason Tracy is often unhappy and has problems with her behaviour because she is lonely, frustrated and feels unloved. Tracy resides in a children's residential care home (nicknamed ""The Dumping Ground"") where she has been placed as a result of neglect and domestic violence. Her mother often left Tracy to stay by herself when Tracy"
"Starring Tracy Beaker Starring Tracy Beaker is a 2006 British children's book, written by Jacqueline Wilson, and illustrated by Nick Sharratt. The book was first released on 5 October 2006, and was published by Doubleday. This is the third book of the daring Tracy (although it's the second book chronologically in the series), and this time she's up to more fun and games. Tracy's school/class are doing a play, ""A Christmas Carol"" and Tracy would dearly love a role. She gets the leading role in the school play (Ebenezer Scrooge) but messes it up by punching her enemy, Justine Littlewood"
"Jacqueline Wilson Dame Jacqueline Wilson (née Aitken; born 17 December 1945) is an English novelist who writes for children's literature. As her children's novels frequently feature themes of adoption, divorce, and mental illness, they attract controversy. Four of her books appear in the BBC's The Big Read poll of the 100 most popular books in the UK. For her lifetime contribution as a children's writer, Wilson was a UK nominee for the international Hans Christian Andersen Award in 2014. Wilson is the author of many book series. Her ""Tracy Beaker"" series, inaugurated in 1991 with ""The Story of Tracy Beaker"","
"""The Story of Tracy Beaker"" was adapted into a musical, featuring Sarah Churm as Tracy Beaker. The Story of Tracy Beaker The Story of Tracy Beaker is a British children's book first published in 1991, written by Jacqueline Wilson and illustrated by Nick Sharratt. The book is told from the point of view of Tracy Beaker, a troubled ten-year-old girl. The reason Tracy is often unhappy and has problems with her behaviour because she is lonely, frustrated and feels unloved. Tracy resides in a children's residential care home (nicknamed ""The Dumping Ground"") where she has been placed as a result"
"as ""playing Little Miss Innocent"" in front of teachers but can be as daring as the protagonist. Mr. Hatherway: The reception class teacher at Tracy's school. He is the opposite of Mrs. Bagley, and Tracy seems to like him, and regrets that he'll never be her teacher. Trevor: A young child whom Tracy meets when Mr. Hatherway has to bring him out of class due to a nosebleed. They become friends at the end of the book. The Dare Game The Dare Game also known as I Dare You, Tracy Beaker is a children's novel written by Jacqueline Wilson and"
"much to her upset. Originally introduced in the book ""The Story of Tracy Beaker"", to date the character has appeared in two further books, ""The Dare Game"" and ""Starring Tracy Beaker"". She has also appeared in Red Nose Day special called ""Tracy Beaker's Thumping Heart"". In 2002, the BBC made a children's series based on the books, ""The Story of Tracy Beaker"", starring Dani Harmer as Tracy. The programme ran for five series on CBBC and included a one-off feature-length movie, ""Tracy Beaker's Movie of Me"". Harmer first took on the role at the age of 12 and has maintained"
"The Dare Game The Dare Game also known as I Dare You, Tracy Beaker is a children's novel written by Jacqueline Wilson and illustrated by Nick Sharratt, first published in 2000. It is a sequel to the best-selling ""The Story of Tracy Beaker"". After the events of The Story of Tracy Beaker, Tracy is living with her foster mother Cam. Their relationship is tense; Tracy has grown to resent Cam for imposing what she sees as an excessively restrictive lifestyle. Tracy also has troubles at school, where she does not get along with her teacher or classmates. After discovering an"
"The Story of Tracy Beaker (franchise) The Story of Tracy Beaker is a British children's drama media franchise that focuses on the lives and experiences of young people and their care workers in care. The franchise began with the publication of ""The Story of Tracy Beaker"" on 14 February 1991. Since then, the franchise has had four further books and a book to be published in 2018, three television series and their spin-offs, a television movie, a Children In Need special, a musical and two magazine collections. ""The Story of Tracy Beaker"" merchandise has also been released. The Story of"
"her education from Pratt and holds a Master of Fine Arts. Books by Beverly Ceary ""Henry Huggins"" ""Henry and Beezus"" ""Henry and Ribsy"" ""Henry and the Paper Route"" ""Henry and the Clubhouse"" ""Mich and Amy"" ""Muggie Maggie"" ""Socks"" ""Ribsy"" ""Emily's Runaway Imagination"" ""Otis Spofford"" Tracy Dockray Tracy Dockray (born 1962) is an American artist. She illustrated the current Harper Collins editions of Beverly Cleary's children's novels. Tracy Dockray spent her early years growing up on the plains of Texas where she enjoyed reading and a large menagerie of pets. She moved to New York where she attained an MFA from"
"it for 10 years. The character returned for an additional three series of ""Tracy Beaker Returns"", in which an adult Tracy Beaker helps a new generation of kids at the Dumping Ground. The character has also appeared in a stage adaptation of the book, ""Tracy Beaker Gets Real"", starring Sarah Churm as Tracy. It was written by Mary Morris, one of the writers of the TV series. Like the television series, the set used elements of cartoon themes, similar to the illustrations in the books. In 2009, Tracy Beaker became a video game character in """" on Nintendo DS and"
"Tracy Beaker, resident of The Dumping Ground."" (Wilson introduced Beaker in 1991 and ""The Story of Tracy Beaker"" on television ran from 2002 to 2006.) Daughter Caroline believed that ""Winter of the Birds"" (1976) had been her mother's own favourite work. Cresswell once explained, ""I write a title, then set out to find where that particular road will take me ..."", and Caroline recalled, ""Mum never plotted her books, she just wrote."" In 1991 the BBC aired a six-part TV series, ""Five Children And It"", using Cresswell's script adaptation of the 1902 classic by E. Nesbit. Next year Cresswell's print"
"Cam, Gemma Page played social worker Elaine, and Andy Steed played Peter. The Story of Tracy Beaker (franchise) The Story of Tracy Beaker is a British children's drama media franchise that focuses on the lives and experiences of young people and their care workers in care. The franchise began with the publication of ""The Story of Tracy Beaker"" on 14 February 1991. Since then, the franchise has had four further books and a book to be published in 2018, three television series and their spin-offs, a television movie, a Children In Need special, a musical and two magazine collections. ""The"
"The Story of Tracy Beaker (series 3) The third series of the British children's chtelevision series ""The Story of Tracy Beaker"" began broadcasting on 25 September 2003 on CBBC and ended on 1 April 2004. The series follows the lives of the children living in the fictional children's care home of Stowey House, nicknamed by them ""The Dumping Ground"". It consists of twenty-six, fifteen-minute episodes. It is the 3rd series in The Story of Tracy Beaker franchise. Dani Harmer (Tracy Beaker), Montanna Thompson (Justine Littlewood), Nisha Nayar (Elaine Boyak), Clive Rowe (Duke Ellington), Lisa Coleman (Cam Lawson), Ciaran Joyce, Ben"
"on reading lists for schools, so boys will be involved in the classroom. ""The Story of Tracy Beaker"" has been UK libraries' most-loaned book between 2000 and 2010. In its description of Tracy, an article for the ""Herald Scotland"" states: ""Though her life is bleak, Tracy is funny, imaginative, articulate and hopeful, like all Wilson's heroines."" A ""Liverpool Echo"" article describes Tracy as ""a heroinea cult character who could be played by any actress."" Winifred Robinson, writing in a ""Daily Mail"" editorial, criticised the character and suggested that behaviour such as her outbursts were influencing children to act in a"
"The Story of Tracy Beaker (series 2) The second series of the British children's television series ""The Story of Tracy Beaker"" began broadcasting on 7 January 2003 on CBBC and ended on 3 April 2003. The series follows the lives of the children living in the fictional children's care home of Stowey House, nicknamed by them ""The Dumping Ground"". It consists of twenty-six, fifteen-minute episodes. It is the second series in The Story of Tracy Beaker franchise. Dani Harmer (Tracy Beaker), Montanna Thompson (Justine Littlewood), Chelsie Padley (Louise Govern), Rochelle Gadd (Adele Azupadi), Nisha Nayar (Elaine Boyak), Clive Rowe (Duke),"
"Peter badge. Nick Sharratt's work has been exhibited in Britain, Italy, Japan and U.S. Nick Sharratt Nick Sharratt (born August 9, 1962) is a British illustrator and author of children's books, and was chosen to be the Official Illustrator for World Book Day 2006. Sharratt has illustrated around 250 books, including over 50 books by award-winning author Jacqueline Wilson, among them ""The Lottie Project"", ""Little Darlings"" and ""The Story of Tracy Beaker"" which was the most borrowed library book in the UK for the first decade of this century. The books on which they have collaborated have sold more than"
"between 2010 and 2012. The ""Tracy Beaker Returns"" production team won the British Academy Children's Awards for Best Drama in 2010, and earned further nominations in both 2011 and 2012. Hardiman was approached to direct the series by producer Gina Cronk — who like Hardiman, had never worked on the production of a children's drama series. In 2010, discussing how the ""Tracy Beaker Returns"" team approached ""a narrative specifically for children"" Hardiman noted that the production team wanted to take on ""serious subjects [and] make a kind of """"Play for Today"""" for children, leavened with some humour"". Subsequently, Hardiman directed"
"Tracy Beaker franchise currently has five books, with a sixth book to be released in 2018. The books are The Story of Tracy Beaker, The Dare Game, Starring Tracy Beaker, Tracy Beaker's Thumping Heart and Ask Tracy Beaker and Friends. The Story of Tracy Beaker also had two magazine collections. ""Totally Tracy Beaker"" came with free art and craft supplies, which the reader collected, and the second magazine released, ""The Story of Tracy Beaker: The DVD collection"", came with a DVD with episodes from the series and reader would eventually have all five series. The BBC adapted the book for"
"were replaced by Dan Anthony, Simon Nicholson, Holly Lyons, Marvin Close and Ariane Sherine. Returning from writing episodes of series 1 and series 2 are Morris, Laura Summers, Othniel Smith and Andy Walker while returning from writing episodes of only series 2 are Gary Parker, Abigal Abben-Mensah and Tracy Brabin. Morris wrote five episodes; Summers and Parker wrote four episodes each; Smith, Anthony, Lyons and Close wrote two episodes each; and Nicholson, Mensah, Walker, Brabin and Sherine wrote one episode each. The Story of Tracy Beaker (series 3) The third series of the British children's chtelevision series ""The Story of"
"Brewer continued to write for ""Tracy Beaker"" franchise for another nine series, until the second series of ""The Dumping Ground"", which is the second spin-off of ""The Story of Tracy Beaker"". 4 episodes were repeated as part of BBC Schools strand (on BBC Two) in 2003. The Story of Tracy Beaker (series 1) The first series of the British children's television series ""The Story of Tracy Beaker"" began broadcasting on 8 January 2002 on CBBC and ended on 4 April 2002. The series follows the lives of the children living in the fictional children's care home of Stowey House, nicknamed"
"Dan Anthony. Morris and Summers wrote four episodes each; Reeves wrote two episodes; and Nicholson, Kennedy, Gonsalves, Anthony, Brabin, Hyde, Smith, Williams, Walker, Levy, Parker and writing duo - Gary Lawson & John Phelps wrote one episodes each. The Story of Tracy Beaker (series 4) The fourth series of the British children's television series ""The Story of Tracy Beaker"" began broadcasting on 7 October 2004 on CBBC and ended on 5 April 2005. The series follows the lives of the children living in the fictional children's care home of Cliffside, nicknamed by them ""The Dumping Ground"". It consists of twenty-two,"
"The Story of Tracy Beaker (series 1) The first series of the British children's television series ""The Story of Tracy Beaker"" began broadcasting on 8 January 2002 on CBBC and ended on 4 April 2002. The series follows the lives of the children living in the fictional children's care home of Stowey House, nicknamed by them ""The Dumping Ground"". It consists of twenty-six, fifteen-minute episodes. It is the first series in The Story of Tracy Beaker franchise. Dani Harmer plays the title character, Tracy Beaker, while Montanna Thompson plays her arch-enemy Justine Littlewood. Justine's best friend, Louise Govern, is played"
"intention but this leads to a minor disaster or failure and she must work out a solution. Although based on her abilities in science and her technical knowledge the show rarely features any scientific basis for her inventions and many take on a fantastic amount of power or extremely exaggerated function. Tracey McBean Tracey McBean is an Australian-British-American animated children's television series produced by Southern Star Entertainment. The series originally aired on ABC Kids in Australia and Discovery Kids in the United States. directed by Craig Handley and directed by Steve Cooper. The protagonist, Tracey, is a young Australian girl"
"Nick Sharratt Nick Sharratt (born August 9, 1962) is a British illustrator and author of children's books, and was chosen to be the Official Illustrator for World Book Day 2006. Sharratt has illustrated around 250 books, including over 50 books by award-winning author Jacqueline Wilson, among them ""The Lottie Project"", ""Little Darlings"" and ""The Story of Tracy Beaker"" which was the most borrowed library book in the UK for the first decade of this century. The books on which they have collaborated have sold more than 40 million copies in the UK and sales of picture books illustrated by Nick"
"includes three sequels and has been adapted into four CBBC television series: """"The Story of Tracy Beaker"", ""Tracy Beaker Returns"", ""The Dumping Ground"", and ""The Tracy Beaker Survival Files"". She has written more than a hundred books over the course of her career. Jacqueline Aitken was born in Bath, Somerset, England in 1945. Her father was a civil servant; her mother was an antiques dealer. Jacqueline spent most of her childhood in Kingston upon Thames, where she went to Latchmere Primary School. She particularly enjoyed books by Noel Streatfeild, as well as American classics like ""Little Women"" and ""What Katy"
"PC. The game, described as ""bookish"", involves reading large portions of text to make choices for the character. Similar to Wilson's other characters, Tracy Beaker is a child from a difficult background, dealing with her issues in a cynical manner and with lots of yelling. The character elicits strong feelings from both children and parents and, as she struggles to come to terms with her situation, she regularly breaks rules. Her fanbase is primarily girls between 8 and 14, as 90% of those who turn up to Jaqueline Wilson's book signings are in that group. However, the books are also"
"working with children in primary schools; where she implemented literacy programmes and re-integrated children returning to school following periods of long-term illness. It was during this time that she became passionate about writing for children – convinced that language, expressed through wonderful literature, is the key that stimulates learning and imagination. Tracey Corderoy Tracey Corderoy is an award-winning children's writer. She has published over 45 books since 2010, and works with publishers; Little Tiger Press, Nosy Crow, Scholastic Children's Books, Alison Green Books, Meadowside Children's Book, Egmont and Stripes. Corderoy grew up in Sandfields, Port Talbot in South Wales. When"
"Tracy Dockray Tracy Dockray (born 1962) is an American artist. She illustrated the current Harper Collins editions of Beverly Cleary's children's novels. Tracy Dockray spent her early years growing up on the plains of Texas where she enjoyed reading and a large menagerie of pets. She moved to New York where she attained an MFA from Pratt. She moved from mural painting to puppet design to fabric design before she found her passion creating children's books. She currently resides in Greenwich Village, New York with her husband, children, and pets. She is mostly known for the popular series by Beverly"
"children. Distinguished children's author Beverly Cleary published three softcover novels based on the series, ""Leave It to Beaver"" (1960), ""Here's Beaver!"" (1961), and ""Beaver and Wally"" (1961). Whitman Publishing printed ""Leave It to Beaver: Fire!"" (1962), a hardcover novel by Cole Fanin. In 1983, ""The Beaver Papers"" () by Will Jacobs and Gerard Jones was published. The book is a parody of a lost season comprising twenty-five episodes written in the style of various authors such as Tennessee Williams, Ernest Hemingway, and William Faulkner – a 30th Anniversary Edition was published in 2013 by Atomic Drop Press. Dell Comics published"
"with her father, a taxi driver, and her mother, a school secretary. Abby Rakic-Platt Abby Rakic-Platt (born 3 May 1993) is a British actress best known for her performances in the television series ""The Story of Tracy Beaker"" on the children's channel CBBC as Jackie Hopper. She appeared in a 2010 Sainsbury's Christmas advert. She attended Highams Park School and Grey Coat Hospital secondary school, both in London, England, and has four younger siblings, Maddie, Jaime and Eloise Rakic-Platt who are also actresses. Rakic-Platt's maternal grandfather is from Yugoslavia. Rakic-Platt was trained at the Anna Scher Theatre School, attending from"
"published editions are regarded as highly collectable. Pookie series Animal Shelf series Young Warrenders series Other books Ivy Wallace Ivy Lilian Wallace (7 October 1915 – 13 March 2006) was a British author/illustrator, artist and actress, best known for writing the Pookie series and The Animal Shelf series of illustrated children's stories. Born in Grimsby, England, the daughter of a Scottish doctor, Ivy's lifelong love of nature was born in early childhood when she accompanied her father on outings into the bluebell woods and flower-filled meadows of the Lincolnshire countryside. Her father, a keen amateur botanist and entomologist, encouraged her"
"Tracey McBean Tracey McBean is an Australian-British-American animated children's television series produced by Southern Star Entertainment. The series originally aired on ABC Kids in Australia and Discovery Kids in the United States. directed by Craig Handley and directed by Steve Cooper. The protagonist, Tracey, is a young Australian girl who goes to school with her best friend Shamus. Together they use Tracey's inventions for all kinds of purposes, like school competitions or simply for fun. Tracey lives in a house and Shamus on the fifteenth floor of a tall apartment building. Shamus loves gardening organically and Tracey loves inventing devices"